1.4. Command line usage

VLC has many different graphical interfaces, that
are organized quite differently in order to be in harmony with the
guidelines of each operating system supported. Documenting the use
of each graphical interface is too long, and some features are only
available via the command line interface. Therefore we decided to
document only the command line interface, but in many cases it shoud
be easy to guess how to use the graphical interface for the same use
!

VLS has a command line and a telnet interface, but no
graphical interface !

All the commands that show up in this document should be typed
inside a terminal.
.

1.4.1. Open a terminal

1.4.1.1. Windows

Click on Start,
Run and type :

cmdEnter
(Windows 2000 / XP),

commandEnter
(Windows 95 / 98 / ME).

The terminal appears
Le terminal apparait

Figure 1-2. Windows terminal

Under Windows, you need to be in the directory where the
program is installed to run it.

1.4.1.2. Linux / Unix

Open a terminal
:

Figure 1-3. Linux X terminal

In the documentation, we adopt the following
conventions for the Unix commands :

commands that should be typed as
root have a # prompt :

# command_to_be_typed_as_root

commands that should be typed as a regular user have a
% prompt :

% command_to_be_typed_as_regular_user

1.4.1.3. Mac OS X

Go to Applications, open the
folder Utilities and double-click on
Terminal
:

Figure 1-4. Mac OS X terminal

Under Mac OS X, you need to be in the directory where
the program is installed to run it, and start the command with
./
.

1.4.1.4. BeOS

In the deskbar, go to Application and then
Terminal :

Figure 1-5. BeOS terminal

Under BeOS, you need to be in the directory where
the program is installed to run it, and start the command with
./
.